The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently toughened air pollution standards to further control toxic air emissions emitted by petroleum refineries. The new rules now enact fenceline monitoring to better protect local communities from exposure to toxic air pollutants, such as benzene and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The MOCON, Inc. - Baseline ...

Bacharach Introduces First Rapid, Low-Cost Portable HVOC Analyzer X-Wand® streamlines testing for most common soil and water contaminants in the U.S. NEW KENSINGTON, Pa. – Bacharach Inc. recently introduced the X-Wand®, the first low-cost, portable apparatus to quickly detect and measure halogenated volatile organic compounds (HVOCs) in the field. Unlike other screening tools on the ...

Ever wonder if the gas you're putting in your car is legit? That you pay for premium, super unleaded, but only get regular unleaded gas instead? Sitelab has developed a quick, easy to use method for testing different grades of octane in commercial gasolines. The higher the octane, the greater the percentage of volatile aromatic hydrocarbons added, which produces linear, higher fluorescence ...

The second set of results from February air monitoring at a child care center and an adjacent building at the Bannister Federal Complex in Kansas City do not reveal health concerns at the facilities regarding PCBs, EPA Region 7 officials announced today. The results include tests for 209 forms of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in indoor air and from air samples taken from beneath the concrete ...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that the report on air toxics monitoring at four schools in the Tri-State area has been posted on the Agency’s website. The monitored schools include Charles Russell Elementary, Crabbe School, and Hatcher School in Ashland, Ky. and Whitwell Elementary in Ironton, Ohio. The air toxics concentrations measured, between July 2009 and April ...

Northeast Analytical, Inc. (NEA) is pleased to announce it will celebrate 20 years in business. April 2009 marks this milestone of NEA’s platinum anniversary. In April of 1989, a fledgling environmental laboratory was started at 301 Nott Street Schenectady as an incubator business and has grown into a world renowned specialty laboratory for trace Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) analysis. NEA was ...

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are recognized as very toxic group of organic compounds, with documented carcinogenic, mutagenic and teratogenic properties. PAHs are formed as a result of the incomplete combustion of organic materials. They are produced naturally like by wood fire, volcanoes and by human activities like coal and gasoline combustion. They are particularly prevalent in ...

A review of conditions at the Sayreville Landfill Superfund site in the Borough of Sayreville, Middlesex County, New Jersey by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has found that the cleanup continues to protect people’s health and the environment. Based on its findings and recent monitoring data, EPA is proposing to remove the site from the federal Superfund list of the most ...

The Petroleum Industry – both offshore and onshore -- has regulations that limit the amount of oil in discharged water. Fixed filter infrared (IR) analyzers have been used to test oil levels in produced water on drilling platforms for over 45 years. On oil rigs where real estate is at a premium, infrared analyzers such as the Wilks InfraCal Analyzers are compact (typically 6 ...

In 2013 just under $26 billion will be spent to remove carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds and particulate carbon from stationary and mobile sources. Ninety-two percent of the market purchases will be for mobile sources. This is the conclusion reached in Thermal/Catalytic World Air Pollution Markets published by the McIlvaine Company. ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that the report on air toxics monitoring at four schools in the Tri-State area, including Whitwell Elementary in Ironton, Ohio, has been posted on the agency’s website. The other monitored schools include Charles Russell Elementary, Crabbe School and Hatcher School in Ashland, Kentucky. Based on the monitoring results, EPA found no ...

Results from March air sampling at a child care center and an adjacent building at the Bannister Federal Complex in Kansas City do not reveal health concerns at the facilities related to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), EPA Region 7 officials announced today. The results include tests for 209 different forms of PCBs in indoor air samples and from air samples taken from beneath the concrete floor ...

The Fairbanks North Star Borough (FNSB) used Triad in 2006-2007 to assess environmental conditions at a municipal property along the Chena River in Fairbanks, AK. FNSB accelerated the site investigation as part of a brownfields assessment grant received from the U.S. EPA in 2005. Low-level contamination had been identified onsite in past investigations, but its extent and impact on future ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a proposed settlement with Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation to perform a soil and groundwater cleanup and reimburse EPA for certain past and future costs at the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation Superfund site in Saratoga Springs, New York. Under the settlement, Niagara Mohawk will perform this additional cleanup work, valued at $6.5 ...

The Wood Buffalo Environmental Association (WBEA) acknowledges the 2011 October Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, released October 4, 2011, regarding environmental monitoring in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region. WBEA is a multi-stakeholder, not-for-profit, science-based monitoring organization, headquartered in Fort McMurray, AB. WBEA is responsible for ...

Xynergy Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") (PINKSHEETS: XYNH) is pleased to announce the findings of its subsidiary, HydroFuels, Inc., third-party emissions testing (gas analysis) on certified government equipment, for its "Second Generation Goliath Fuel Cell." The third-party facility conducted six separate tests at speeds averaging 21.5, 42.1, and 63 miles per hour (mph)(one at each speed with ...

Limited Space Still Available For Sustainable Futures Training Workshop: There are still spaces available for the Sustainable Futures Training workshop scheduled for August 5-7, 2014, at the George Washington University campus in Washington, D.C. Attendees at the three-day workshop will get firsthand experience with the ...

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